Whanganui Chronicle photos of the year for 2021

A Whanganui Fire and Emergency crew member clears a tangle of hoses at a fire in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley

2021 was a busy year for Whanganui and the surrounding area. Take a visual tour through what happened last year with the Whanganui Chronicle's selection of best photographs in 2021.

It was a muddy game at Spriggens Park with Marist taking on Ruapehu. Photo / Lewis Gardner

Emergency services are at a house fire in Whanganui East. Photo / Bevan Conley

Whanganui Walls: Artist SwiftMantis painted a gigantic mural of Hangar the cat who lived out at the airport. Photo / Bevan Conley

Nick Maxim came to grief when his tank failed on the straight in the Plumber Dan Soap Box Derby. Photo / Paul Brooks

A picture of Ross Mitchell-Anyon adorns the back door of the library at Gonville Centre for Urban Research. Photo / Laurel Stowell

Ghar More, from the Shivam Dance Academy, performed a traditional kathak dance at the Feast and Festival. Photo / Lewis Gardner

A Whanganui Fire and Emergency crew member clears a tangle of hoses at a fire in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley

Dorothy the tree weta, who seemed to have taken a liking to WIS Year 7 student Payton Rehutah. Photo / Bevan Conley

Huntley GS Huia Campbell and GA Jessie Keenan squeeze out Waihi GD Poppy Mawle (rear) in the battle for the ball in a game won by Huntley 22-14. Photos / Bevan Conley

Lanterns on the Awa: Daylight gave way to the glow of lanterns along the Whanganui riverbank. Photo / Lewis Gardner